Fingask Castle
Fingask Castle

Things to do

Adventure Fun for all the family

Below is a list of fun adventure activities, within a short distance of Fingask Castle, for you and your family to enjoy during your stay.

Treasure Trails

Across Perth and Dundee, over 1,000 trails available across the UK
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Tay Estuary Fast Rib Boat Trips

Pirate Boats - open April to November
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Active Kids Adventure Park

Indoor and outdoor play areas including wooden fort, go karts, giant slides,…
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Posted in: Things to do
Date: 19 January 2021

What Fingask Provides

For your wedding, or event

The Mother of one bride to be, phoned me up at 1am on the morning of her daughters’ wedding to ask whether we had a knife suitable for cutting the cake. She was apologetic but firm!

We list below the things that Fingask provides. Our basic policy is not to charge extras. There may be things not on the list that we provide, but please wait until a more conventional time to phone us.
Budget for your wedding
Our philosphy at Fingask Castle is NOT to charge extras for things we regard as essential;

Our panel…
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Posted in: Weddings & Fingask Provides
Date: 15 January 2021

History of Fingask Castle

First mention of the lands of Fingask occur in the Foundation Charter of the Abbey of Scone in 1115 by Alexander I. St. Peters Well, in the dell below the Castle, has been a place of pilgrimage since the days that pilgrims would land at Port Allan on the Tay to walk to the shrine of St. Queen Margaret at Dunkeld.

The oldest part of the Castle was built by Partick Bruce in 1594. The Threiplands first came to Fingask at the end of the 16th Century, when Partick Threipland married a Miss Bruce. The Bruces…
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Posted in: History
Date: 05 November 2020

Things to do

Around the castle grounds

There is an outdoor heated pool (closed in winter). Lake fishing is available by arrangement.

Behind the Castle is a games room with a full sized snooker table, table tennis and table football. Children must be supervised when using the games or facilities.

There is a sauna in the boat house overlooking the lake, for separate hire

Guests are welcome to wander through the gardens and enjoy the mature trees, statues, topiary, streams, lake and walks. The famous grounds around the Castle were laid out in the 17th Century by ancestors of the present owner.

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Posted in: Things to do & Home Page
Date: 09 October 2020

Islands

Highlights from the 2019 Fingask Follies

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Music Director: Dan Smith

Cast: Emma Harrold, Grant McConvey, Sophie Moores, Camille Rieu and Simone de Simone

Directors: Lofty Buchanan and Helen Molchanoff

Music Supervisor: Ed Bussey

We took the show to The Buccleuch & Queensberry Arms, Dumfriesshire, Dundas Castle, Edinburgh, Kelburn Castle, Ayrshire, Whitburgh, Midlothian. And in England to Chillington Hall, Staffordshire, Iscoyd Park, Shropshire, Stowe School Buckinghamshire. And London: L’Escargot, Soho and the Travellers’ Club


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Date: 04 November 2019

Battles Great & Small

Highlights from the 2018 Fingask Follies

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Music Director: Carol Arnopp

Cast: Alexandra J. Burns, Matthew Hobbs, Charlie-Jade Jones, Luke Lane and Muirgen O’Mahony,

Directors: Lofty Buchanan and Helen Molchanoff

Music Supervisor: Ed Bussey

We took the show to Craigdarroch, Dumfriesshire, Dundas Castle, Edinburgh, Kelburn Castle, Ayrshire, Stevenson House, East Lothian. And in England to Anne of Cleves Barn, Essex, Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire, Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, Chillington Hall, Staffordshire, Stowe School Buckinghamshire. And London: L’Escargot, Soho and the Travellers’ Club

And Paris – the Ballroom of the British Embassy


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Date: 04 November 2018